Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Brazos Valley Bombers open season

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT

Matt Milligan and other members of the Brazos Valley Bombers baseball team warm up Wednesday before their opening night matchup against the Coppell Copperheads at Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark in Bryan. The Bombers play in the Texas Collegiate League ( ...

Grand jury to examine downtown Bryan police shooting

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT


A Brazos County grand jury on Thursday likely will hear from at least four people who witnessed a police officer shoot a suspect after a short chase and brief scuffle almost a month ago.
The panel -- which will be reviewing whether Bryan Officer B ...

Next-to-last space shuttle flight lands on Earth

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:45 AM PDT


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth early Wednesday, closing out the next-to-last mission in NASA's 30-year program with a safe middle-of-the-night landing.
Endeavour glided down onto the runway ...

Texas A&M's SLATE based on OU program

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT


Top Texas A&M System leaders have repeatedly said the idea for a program that gives teachers cash based on anonymous student evaluations did not come from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative Austin think tank.
"They got it from ...

Texas A&M's SLATE based on OU program

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT


Top Texas A&M System leaders have repeatedly said the idea for a program that gives teachers cash based on anonymous student evaluations did not come from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative Austin think tank.
"They got it from ...

Local interest bills die a quiet death

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT


House Bill 107 caused a stir in Brazos County when State Rep. Fred Brown, R-Bryan, filed it in November.
Written to allow residents of Brazos County to vote on whether they want to be annexed, it was lauded as the best hope for Wellborn residents ...

GLBT group moves summit originally set for Texas A&M

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT


Organizers of a transgender nondiscrimination summit planned to host the third-annual conference at Texas A&M but have changed their plans, citing, among other things, a lack of support from the university administration for the gay, lesbian, b ...

Two women charged in Walmart theft

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:15 AM PDT

A 37-year-old woman was charged with felony theft charge after she and another woman were caught stealing items from the College Station Walmart, authorities said.
Edith Carlette Bowman of Bryan was charged Tuesday with theft of property less than $ ...

Man charged with felony in theft of scrap metal

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT

A 45-year-old man faces a felony charge after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of metal from a Bryan business in February. Terence Llewellyn Bell of Caldwell was charged Wednesday with theft of property less than $1,500 with two or mo ...

School finance plan set for public hearing

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:53 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Democrats are hoping to get a little help from Texas teachers.
A GOP-backed measure that includes new distribution formulas for public schools is getting a set of hearings Thursday in the Texas Capitol.
The measure will dictate how a $ ...

Father, son arrested after traffic stop

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Bryan officers who stopped a father for speeding discovered he had arrest warrants; they also took his son into custody when he arrived on scene on a stolen motorcycle.
Joe Ines Munoz Jr., 39, was stopped by police around 9:30 a. ...

Woman charged with stealing from College Station Target

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:59 AM PDT

A 34-year-old woman remained jailed Wednesday on a felony theft charge after police said she stole a camera and DVDs from a College Station store.
Tosha Ann Nunez was charged Tuesday with theft of property less than $1,500 with two or more previous ...

Senator files abortion pill bill

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT


AUSTIN -- Conservative Sen. Dan Patrick has reintroduced a bill to restrict the use of abortion-inducing medications to be considered during the special session.
Gov. Rick Perry called a special legislative session beginning Tuesday to tackle budg ...

College Station gets requests for developments

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
College Station recently received new requests for development:
* University Heights at 3150 Holleman Drive South; a final plat for 47 single-family residential lots and 35 town house lots on more than 18 acres.
* Folis-Cole No ...

College Station gets requests for developments

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
College Station recently received new requests for development:
* University Heights at 3150 Holleman Drive South; a final plat for 47 single-family residential lots and 35 town house lots on more than 18 acres.
* Folis-Cole No ...

Local autism clinics to be offered in June

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:56 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Texas Autism Collaborative and Easter Seals East Texas will offer educational and behavioral clinics for children with autism ages 2 to 5 from June 6 through July 14.
The Autism, Assessment, Research and Intervention clinics ...

1 killed, 4 hurt in crash near Hearne

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:55 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
One person is dead and four others hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash just south of Hearne on Wednesday afternoon along U.S. 190.
Trooper Jimmy Morgan with the Department of Public Safety said the wreck involved a Chevy ...

Texas woman indicted for murder in day care fire

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- A grand jury has indicted a woman on felony murder charges in the deaths of four children in a fire at her Houston home day care.Jessica Tata had previously been charged with murder for the Feb. 24 fire that also injured three children. A ...

Brush up on your cattle psych 101

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT


If you have ever thought of a head of cattle as a "stupid ol' cow," cattle safety expert Ron Gill says there's a chance your stockmanship abilities have room for improvement.
"A cow is not stupid and does what it is asked to do," said Gill, a prof ...

Brush up on your cattle psych 101

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT


If you have ever thought of a head of cattle as a "stupid ol' cow," cattle safety expert Ron Gill says there's a chance your stockmanship abilities have room for improvement.
"A cow is not stupid and does what it is asked to do," said Gill, a prof ...

Grandmother pleads guilty to murder in boy's death

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT


MCKINNEY -- The grandmother of a 6-year-old boy whose body was found near a Dallas-area pond last year has pleaded guilty to murder after being accused of abandoning the child.
Darlene Phillips was sentenced to 28 years in prison Wednesday as part ...

Intelligence team may mend U.S.-Pakistan ties

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Pakistan are building a joint intelligence team to go after top terrorist suspects inside Pakistan, U.S. and Pakistani officials said; a fledgling step to restoring trust blown on both sides by the killing of Osama bin La ...

Identity thieves stealing info to file tax returns

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Imagine filing your tax return and learning that someone else got your refund. With your name and Social Security number, no less.The IRS is grappling with a nearly five-fold increase in taxpayer identity theft between 2008 and 2010, a ...

Special session an inconvenient time for school finance protests

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT


SAN ANTONIO -- Texas Democrats would love to see Wisconsin-style protests in the Capitol starting Thursday, backed by waves of angry teachers and parents refusing to accept a $4 billion shortfall in funding for public schools.
The best they can l ...

FAA leader: 'Point the laser, pay the price'

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- People who point powerful lasers at planes and helicopters -- which can temporarily blind pilots -- could face fines as high as $11,000 per violation, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.
The FAA is using a ...

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